Alpha 30 Archive
The harness left the club and walked into the atelier.
Structural chest harnesses in British archive cloth. Morris prints, Vanners silk, Savile Row deadstock. Each made once in East London.
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The cloth
Every piece starts with hand-selected cloth that has a name and a source.
William Morris archive
Willow Bough, Pimpernel, Snakeshead. Two V&A-licensed prints from Parlour Made in Beccles.
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Vanners tie cloth
Deadstock from Vanners of Sudbury, a Suffolk silk line that goes back to the 1700s. Three pieces.
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Not leather. Not a uniform.
A harness built like tailoring: worn over a crisp shirt, a vintage tee, or under a blazer. Cut and hand-finished in East London on a Singer Heavy Duty 4423.
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